Kohli hits fifty to steady Indian innings

Virat Kohli, who hit a century in the previous, rallied the Indian innings in the company of captain Dhoni with some sensible batting in the middle overs.

Kohli, who looked in good touch reached his half-century with a brace of Xavier Doherty in the 25th over.

Dhoni too was sensible picking up singles, while getting the odd boundary.

But Kohli couldn’t convert the good start and was dismissed by Glen Maxwell for 68. After hitting for a boundary, Kohli tried to force the ball through the offside, only to get an edge to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.

Johnson shines with the ball

Ravindra Jadeja's miserable run with the bat continued as Johnson had the all-rounder walking back for 2. He was the fourth Indian batsman to perish to the short ball as Australia's tactics of bouncing the Indian batsmen paid off.

Dhoni thought kept the scoreboard moving as he forged a good partnership with R Ashwin.

Ashwin played a vital knock of 28 from 35 balls, putting on 76 runs stand for the seventh wicket, before Johnson once again got into the wickets column with the wicket of the right-hander.

Johnson finished with wonderful figures of four for 46 in 10 overs.

Image: Mitchell Johnson celebrates after picking up a wicketPhotographs: BCCI

Dhoni's blast flattens Australia

When Dhoni walked out to bat, India were reeling at 76 for four in 13 overs but he put his head down to repair the innings early on before unleashing his big sixes towards the end.

Dhoni cut loose in the final overs as he hit consecutive fours off James Faulkner before topping it up with a boundary and a six in Shane Watson's over to lift his team.

He tried to keep the strike so that the lower order had to face lesser number of balls. And almost single-handedly guided the team to a 300-plus total in the end.

Dhoni stole 21 runs in the last over, which was bowled by Faulkner. He played his trademark helicopter shot to the delight of the packed PCA stadium crowd before hitting another six over the long off and a four to get 21 runs from the 50th over.

Dhoni's blazing knock helped India amass as many as 101 runs in the last 10 overs as they finished on a huge 303 for nine in their 50 overs.

Australia lose way after a good start

Finch was trapped leg before wicket by Ishant Sharma for 38 before Shane Watson was unlucky to be given out leg before wicket by umpire Richard Kettleborough as the ball looked as if it might have missed the leg stump.

Faulkner lifts Australia to victory

James Faulkner turned the match on it's head as he went after the hapless Ishant Sharma, in the 48th over of the innings.

He hit him for three sixes and a four to smash as many 30 runs from that over and leave the Indians stunned.

Faulkner ended the match in grand style as he heaved Vinay over midwicket for a six in the final over to help Australia snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The right-hander finished unbeaten on an amazing innings of 64 from 29 balls, which was laced with two fours and six sixes.

Faulkner and Voges put on an unbroken stand of 91 runs from 8.2 overs to help Australia win by four wickets with three balls to spare and take a 2-1 lead in the series.